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matroids

matroids is the plural of matroid.

Meaning of matroid

Noun

matroid (plural matroids)

  1. A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs.
    • A matroid can be defined in terms of bases. A matroid consists of a ground set as well as a set of bases which is a nonempty subset of the power set of the ground set.

Questions about matroids

What is matroids the plural of?
Matroids is the plural of matroid.

Words near matroids in the dictionary

  1. matroclinic
  2. matroclinous
  3. matrocliny
  4. matroid
  5. matroidal
  6. matroids
  7. matron
  8. matron of honor
  9. matron of honour
  10. matrona
  11. matronaea

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